New car registrations decline in January

news-single-imgcaption" style="width:240px">By brand, the German manufacturer Volkswagen remains the undisputed leader in Switzerland, with a market share of 11.7%. (Keystone)

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The circulation of new cars fell sharply in January, according to Auto-Suisse statistics released on Tuesday. The share of alternative propulsion continued to soar, particularly in terms of hybrid engines.

Registrations fell overall by 10.2% over a year to 18,788 units, noted the apex of the sector in a press release.

The proportion of diesel vehicles continued to decline, with a 6.4 percentage point drop to 25.6% in market share across the fleet. However, that of alternative propulsion more than doubled to 19.3%, benefiting in particular from a 5.3% to 12.2% jump in the share of hybrid electric vehicles.

Pure electric cars also continued to advance, doubling their market share in January to 4.1%.

By brands, the German manufacturer Volkswagen remains the undisputed leader in Switzerland, with a market share of 11.7%, followed by its compatriots BMW (10%) and Mercedes (9.7%), as well as the Czech Skoda (7 , 9%). (AWP)

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